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  • Biomedical illustration of vibrio vulnificus bacteria on black background.Health

    Deadly flesh-eating bacteria infections are on the rise. Here’s how to avoid catching one, according to an infectious disease expert

    By Bill Sullivan and The Conversation
  • Hot dog vendorFinance

    Downtowns are dead, dying or on life support, says expert with over 50 years of researching urban policy

    By John Rennie Short and The Conversation
  • Aaron RodgersLifestyle

    Aaron Rodgers’ season—and career—might be over because of an injury on artificial turf. A sports injury expert breaks down why grass could have been safer

    By Philip Anloague and The Conversation
  • High school studentSuccess

    School kids are so violent coming out of the pandemic that they’re sending teachers to the hospital, but an expert says to resist ‘get tough’ approaches

    By F. Chris Curran and The Conversation
  • NASA Mars RoverTech

    The robot that NASA sent to Mars shows the solution for the AI ‘replacement myth’ and ‘ghost work,’ says an author who embedded with the Rover team

    By Janet Vertesi and The Conversation
  • Jerome PowellFinance

    Why the Fed’s dovish stance on interest rates isn’t enough to start popping the champagne corks on inflation

    By D. Brian Blank and The Conversation
  • Social media and teenagersTech

    4 reasons why teenagers do stupid, dangerous and sometimes deadly social media challenges

    By Kapil Chalil Madathil, Heidi Zinzow, and others
  • Blake Shelton, Gwen Stefani, Camila Cabello, John LegendSuccess

    Hollywood replacing striking actors and writers with ‘reality’ stars already happened in corporate America: The internship

    By David Arditi and The Conversation
  • Job interviewSuccess

    Hiring managers pass over ‘names associated with Black people’ in their rush to review resumes, according to study of all 50 U.S. states

    By Martin Abel and The Conversation
  • Joe BidenPolitics

    After Elon Musk’s X disaster, Rupert Murdoch retiring is another stroke of good media luck for Biden, journalism professor says

    By Michael J. Socolow and The Conversation
  • Women looking up storm cloudHealth

    8 ways to manage your anxiety over the climate crisis, according an expert

    By Karen Magruder and The Conversation
  • Joe Biden, Narendra Modi

    Biden says he doesn’t want to ‘contain’ China, but he may be counting on India and Vietnam to do it for him

    By Leland Lazarus and The Conversation
  • Senior woman preparing DNA test kit.Health

    At-home DNA tests can help predict how well you’ll respond to your medications

    By Kayla B. Rowe, Lucas Berenbrok, and others
  • A waiter pours a bourbon whisky into a glass in a Bar and Block restaurant, operated by Whitbread Plc, in London, U.K., on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018. The hotel and restaurant group, that owns Premier Inn hotels and Costa Coffee, is due to report third quarter results on Thursday. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesLifestyle

    A chemistry professor explains how bourbon gets its distinctive taste and color—and reveals why ‘no two bourbons are quite the same’

    By Michael W. Crowder and The Conversation
  • This photograph taken on September 14, 2023, shows a USB-C plug reflected on the Apple logo in Brest, western France. The European bloc is insisting that all phones and other small devices must be compatible with the USB-C charging cables from the end of next year, a move it says will reduce waste and save money for consumers. (Photo by Fred TANNEAU / AFP) (Photo by FRED TANNEAU/AFP via Getty Images)Tech

    Apple endorsed a critical new electronics accessory this week and prompted millions of device owners to ask: What’s USB-C?

    By Shreyas Sen and The Conversation